Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases in People With Diabetes Mellitus: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association and the American Diabetes Association
Response to Nicolucci et al.
- John B. Buse, MD, PHD,
- Michael P. Pignone, MD, MPH and
- for the ADA/AHA Primary Prevention Consensus Panel
- From the Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
- Address correspondence to John B. Buse, MD, University of North Carolina, 8025 Burnett Womack Building, CB# 7110, Chapel Hill, NC 27599. E-mail: jbuse{at}med.unc.edu
We believe that the currently available evidence is insufficient to determine whether aspirin is more, equally, or less effective in people with diabetes as compared to those without diabetes. In their letter, Nicolucci et al. (1) correctly point out that the recommendation statement was not the product of a new systematic …
